Country Profiles: Uzbekistan

Republic of Uzbekistan -- Uzbekiston Respublikasi

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Uzbekistan Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Uzbekistan: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Tashkent
• Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington, D.C.
• The Government of Uzbekistan official site

International Organizations and Development Programs

• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Uzbekistan Country Page Information about Uzbekistan and USAID programs
• Uzbekistan and the IMF The IMF's Uzbekistan Country Page with links to articles
• The Eurasia Foundation in Central Asia

Internet Resources: General

• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Turkic Republics and Communities Various sites on history, culture, travel
• Central Asian Studies World Wide sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies

Online News Sites and Servers

• BBC News Uzbekistan
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Uzbek Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world
• UzReport.com
• IRIN Uzbekistan

Uzbek Language Study

• Turkic Languages offered through the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and grants for East European Studies
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NISLibrary

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia (it is surrounded only by landlocked countries and, along with Liechtenstein, is one of only two such countries in the world). It shares borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.